US President Donald Trump has said that the war with Iran is effectively over from a military standpoint and that the United States has won, APA reports, citing The Hill.
Trump nevertheless said that the US continues to keep its military forces in the Middle East on high alert, costing the country's budget billions of dollars.
Trump stated that the US must achieve a complete victory: "We won. Now the question is when this will end. We must achieve a complete victory. Not a 93 percent victory, but a complete victory."
Trump also said that US allies in the Middle East, which Washington is defending, would reimburse the United States for all war-related expenses.